Jackson County IL Archives News.....Loren S. LIPE Dies In Action November 11, 1918
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Karima Allison quest@insightbb.com and Mary Riseling riseling@insightbb.com July 10, 2006, 6:01 pm

Murphysboro Daily Republican Era November 11, 1918

Third Murphysboro Boy to Fall on Battlefield-Brother on List of Wounded-Mother,
Mrs. M. D. OVERSTREET, Has 3 Boys in Service

    Corp. Loren S. LIPE is the third Murphysboro boy to die on a European
battlefield as officially reported to date.  His mother, Mrs. M. D. OVERSTREET,
of 2025 Edith street, received official notice from Washington early Saturday
night that her son had been killed in action.  Mrs. Overstreet has two other
sons in the army in France, Orville LIPE of the same company Loren was in, and
Leo LIPE of the 12th FIeld artillery.

    Loren Samuel LIPE was born in Pomona about 23 years ago and was reared in
Murphysboro.  About three or four months before the Mexican excitement broke in
1916 he and his 19 year old brother, Orville, went to Kansa and when the
national guard was called to the border both enlisted in a Kansas national guard
company.  When the national guard was sent home from the lorder Loren and
Orville came to their home in Murphysboro.  When the national guard was
federalized in the summer of 1917 they reported with the Kansas guard company,
was with it thru the training camp period and went to France, where they have
been in some of the hard fighting.  Their unit is Co. D, 137th infantry, which
is in the 35th division.

    The official notice stated that Loren was killed in action on September 28.
 About three weeks ago Mrs. OVERSTREET received a letter from Loren, dated Sept.
27, the day before he was killed.  It was a one page letter, stating that he was
O.K. that he would write again soon.  On the 28th Orville wrote, saying that he
expected to be out of the hospital in a few days.  He was wounded in July and
has been in the hospital ever since.  He probably does not know as yet that
Loren was killed.  When he wrote he had not seen Loren for six weeks.

    Orville told his mother to boost for the Red Cross for they certainly were
taking care of the wounded and doing great work over there.

    Orville and Loren entered the service 30 months ago.  Leo, who is 21 years
old, enlisted last year in a battery in the 124th field artillery, a national
guard unit organized in East St. Louis, and is also in action in France.

    Loren leaves his mother, stepfather, M.D. OVERSTREET, the two brothers in
the service, another brother, Theodore, 17 years old, a sister, Lawanda, 15
years old, a half sister, Zetha OVERSTREET and a half brother, Charles OVERSTREET.


Additional Comments:
The above is an article taken from the Murphysboro Daily Republican Era on
November 11, 1918.  The headline of the newspaper announces the end of World War I.

Transcribed by Mary Riseling from her grandfather C. E. RISELING's collection of
old newspapers.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jackson/newspapers/lorensli40nnw.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/

File size: 3.4 Kb